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MORRIS ASSAILS ANTI-ALIEN BILLS; Asserts They Would Pave Way for Minority Persecution Like That in Germany HE PRAISES IMMIGRANTS Says We Must Afford Haven for Oppressed--$25,000 Gift Cabled to Palestine

Newbold Morris, President of the Council of the City of New York, warned yesterday against the passage of the anti-alien bills in Congress and declared that if adopted they would prepare the way for persecution similar to that in Germany. He spoke before 2,000 members and friends of the Women's League for Palestine at a luncheon at the Hotel Astor.

April 09, 1940

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